_{Cover of the August 1992 issue of CPC Attack!}

The Amstrad CPC was a line of 8-bit computers based on the Z-80 CPU produced starting in 1984 and popular in the U.K. and other parts of Europe. The initial model was the most successful ultimately selling 2 million units. It featured 64 KB of RAM and a built-in cassette deck. Later models included more RAM and a built in proprietary 3-inch disk drive. CPC Attack! was a gaming magazine dedicated to the Amstrad CPC line of computers and published in the U.K. The August 1992 issue includes:

Features

• The Add-On Guide - Hardware add-ons and peripherals for Amstrad CPC computers. Devices covered include external floppy drives (3-inch, 3.5-inch and 5.25-inch), a 20 MB hard drive, 64K and 256K RAM expansions, a ROM Board (basically a cartridge with multiple sockets to plug in ROM chips with whatever software was available in that format), an Eprom Programmer (useful for creating your own ROMs for the aforementioned ROM Board), a couple of Light Pens, three different mouses, a couple of "digitizers" (one being a scanner and the other a device that can capture video images at a rate of 3 images per second), a couple of modulators (for connecting your CPC to a TV), a couple of amplifiers, a couple of speech synthesizers, a couple of MIDI interfaces, something called a "Music Machine" for sampling and playback of audio, an RS232 interface (useful for connecting modems, printers and other external devices), a teletext decoder, some sort of I/O expansion device, a weather satellite decoder, a printer port, a real-time clock, Multiface II + (primarily a device for copying cassettes to disk), AMRAM (plugs into an available ROM socket and acts as programmable ROM...sounds like battery backed-up RAM maybe), Plus-CPC Adaptor (a device for adapting peripherals designed for older CPC machines to newer ones), and a joystick splitter.

_{Table of Contents from the August 1992 issue of CPC Attack!}

Regulars

• News - Not much to speak of. The big news story seems to be how fast this particular magazine was selling out. This was the third issue and I suppose it did relatively well for covering a computer for which production ceased two years earlier.


• Letters - Letters from readers. This month including praise for the magazine but complaints about console coverage and also a letter about MIDI with a request for music software for the CPC.


• Poster Power - Featuring a two-page sized poster featuring The Addams Family from the movie (and game) of the time.


• POKEs, Maps, & Tips - Tips & Tricks for various CPC games including Back to the Future II, Blazing Thunder, Chase HQ, Cisco Heat, Hong Kong Phooey, IK+, Midnight Resistance, Scooby and Scrappy Doo, Slug and Yogi's Great Escape, Navy Moves, Eric The Viking, and Titus The Fox, plus various POKEs (essentially commands that change the value of memory that can be used to hack games...give infinite lives, etc...kind of like using a Game Genie), and requests for help. There is also a strategy guide for Rainbow Islands.


• The Dungeon - News and help for adventure games. Games covered include The Collection Vol. 5, Into the Mystic, Davy Jones Locker, The Miser and more.


• Public Sector - Covering what's new in the public domain world.


• Q&A - Questions answered about upgraded BASIC, where to obtain add-ons, and other hardware, software and programming questions.


• Reviews - Reviews this month include The Addams Family, Bonanza Bros., The Dizzy Collection, The Cartoon Collection, Crackdown, Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters, and Skate Wars.

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Specials

• Demo Time - Programming examples teaching you how to scroll the screen.


• Elementary BASIC - Part 3 of a guide teaching the basics of the BASIC programming language on the CPC.

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